Sandcorn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sandcorn is a noun meaning A grain of sand.
Meaning
A grain of sand.
More Meanings
- (by extension, figurative) Anything causing irritation or discomfort.
Example Sentences
It was the tradition of image-making which carried in its stream, as it were, those indispensable sandcorns of tasks.
[…] overflowing all with golden splendour, gilding mountains, trees, and grass, making all flowers glow in brilliant colours, throwing bright sparks upon each sandcorn, and causing golden waves to roll in the river of the plain.
Word Forms
- sandcorns
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sand, sands, grainfall, milldust, sandever, sandar.
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